Yehoram Gaon

Yehoram Gaon was born in 1939 in Jerusalem

Gaon was born in 1939 in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem. His father, Moshe David Gaon, was a historian, teacher and Ladino scholar born in Bosnia, and his mother, Sara Hakim, came from Turkey. He studied at schools in Beit HaKerem.

In 1957 he joined the IDF and the Nahal entertainment troupe, where his stage career began. He then sang with HaTarnegolim from 1960 and helped form the Yarkon Bridge Trio, which he left in 1965. That year he released his first solo album.

He studied acting in New York and returned to play the lead in the 1966 musical Kazablan, a role he repeated in the 1973 film. In 1977 he played Yonatan Netanyahu in Operation Thunderbolt. He also acted with the Cameri Theatre and in the sitcom Krovim Krovim.

From 1993 to 2002 he sat on the Jerusalem Municipal Council, handling culture and special education, and served as Deputy Mayor. Since 1997 he has hosted a weekly radio program on Kan Network Bet. He founded The Center For Middle Eastern Classical Music in 1996.